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U.S./China Summit - Who Holds The Cards?
On a press call yesterday in advance of this week's "summit" between President Obama and Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping, Alliance for American Manufacturing's (AAM) Scott Paul called for consequences for China's trade...
The World Economy 's a Ticking Time Bomb (and The Fuse is Burning)
Respected economist John Kay is about to make a public statement which essentially says that the world economy is a ticking time bomb and global markets are a lit fuse. Kay is a professor at the London School of Economics, a columnist for the Financial Times, and the...
Obama Nominates Three To DC Circuit Court
President Obama directly confronted Republican obstruction this morning, nominating three people to fill vacancies at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and challenging Republicans to allow the Senate to vote on their confirmation. This is...
Use the Nuke, Harry, Use the Nuke
Marcus Hedger was wrongly fired. That’s what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined. Despite that, Mr. Hedger lost his Antioch, Ill., home. His case got mired in allegations that the board that heard it was illegitimate. Similarly, West Virginia’s...
Let's Talk Taxes; Let's Talk Trillions
America's deepest pockets, a new report shows, are saving big bucks from the U.S. tax code's wide assortment of income tax breaks. They're saving even more from the absence of a wealth tax. A hundred years ago, in 1913, Congress wrote into law a federal income tax....
Democrats Must Overcome Clinton Nostalgia
Democrats now delight in watching Republicans flounder as they try to free themselves from the failures of President George W. Bush and the extremes of the Tea Party. But the GOP’s tribulations should not blind Democrats to their own challenge. The party must free...
SHAME: 28 Senate Democrats Voted To Cut Food Stamps
The Senate on May 21 rejected an amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N,Y., that would block a 10-year, $4.1 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as SNAP or the food stamp program) that was included in the farm bill that is now...
The New Normal of Super Storms.
For years now, scientists have been warning us to expect massive storms fueled by warmer weather and higher levels of moisture in the atmosphere. While environmental experts will not link any one storm directly to global warming, they agree that these super hurricanes, devastating floods, and monster tornadoes are the undeniable result of climate change.
Scientists warn that if we continue to pump more and more carbon pollution in our atmosphere, these storms will continue to grow in power and frequency. This is the new normal, and without immediate change it will it get even worse.
CWA To Senate Dems: "We’re Done."
On a call this morning to discuss the continuing obstruction of ... everything ... by Senate Republicans, Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Larry Cohen asked Senate Democrats to change the rules to at least get nominees to the floor for a vote. It may...
Go Tammy
It's still a fact that the Democratic Party strategists are afraid to embrace populist issues, believing their future coalition lies with "identity politics". Whether it's because they are answering to the donor class or are trying to hang on to the vestige of the white middle class that is still leery of "redistributional" policies after 30 years of right wing propaganda (or both) is the question.
But let's just say that if anyone can transcend those cultural boundaries and possibly make a breakthrough, it's Baldwin. She is the first openly gay Senator, a woman and a populist. Let's see where that takes us.
